Winternet

Overview

Winternet is a web application built using Flask. It is a social media framework meant to facilate access of self-hosting your own social media. It is minimal and includes no bloat whatsoever. I tested it on a 1 GHZ Pentium computer and it worked just fine. If you want to see it in live it is hosted here: https://winternet.pythonanywhere.com

Features

• User authentication and session management
• Subscribe to other users
• Like hashtags
• View a feed of posts from subscriptions and liked hashtags

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/Winternet.git
   cd Winternet

2. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate

3. Install the required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up environment variables:

   export FLASK_APP=flask_app.py
   export FLASK_ENV=development

5. Run the application:

   flask run

Usage

• Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5000/ in your web browser or the host url.
• Register or log in to your account.
• Subscribe to other users and like hashtags.
• View your personalized feed.

CSV Files

There is a long list of CSV files to create and manage, including:

• [likedhashtags.csv] Stores liked hashtags for users.

• [posts.csv]: Stores posts.

  locked.csv users.csv profile.csv groups.csv posts.csv group_posts.csv messages.csv subscriptions.csv restricted.csv sudo.csv likedhashtags.csv videos.csv group_members.csv images.csv signed.csv servers.csv

You will need to create these in the root directory

Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch).
5. Create a new Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL 3.0 License. See the LICENSE file for more details.